Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a man standing on a hillside covered with boulders in the upper Wadi Dhamad. A cactus is growing between the boulders at his feet.Due to the nature of...

View of a man and a woman of the Sa'ar Bedouin hauling water from Manwakh well. They are pulling on a rope. The woman wears silver belts around her waist...

View of two camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the region of the Kidan plains (Suhul al Kidan), north of Khaba well in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al...

Portrait of a boy from the Khawlan Bedouin tribe at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa. He is wearing a broad-brimmed straw hat.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Half length standing portrait of one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, Muhammad bin Al Jabari, pouring coffee during the party's journey from Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat to Furai well. Muhammad bin...

Portrait of two Bayt Kathir Bedouin boys in Dhofar. Two boys sit close together, facing forward. Musallim bin Anauf, the fifteen year old son of Salim bin Turkia, sits on...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling from Khawr bin 'Atarit well in the Ghanim Sands to the Ramlat al Ghafah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of a salt flat (sabkha) with sparse vegetation in Liwa oasis. A large sand depression lies in the foreground, bare of vegetation except for a few small salt bushes...

View of a family of Sahul Bedouin unloading their camels at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the foreground a man and a few women unload camels. In...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Uruq az Zayza sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Standing full length portrait of a wealth young man in the village of Marat in the Al Washm region. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina and another member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party kneeling in the sand in the Wadi Hawshi. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani...

Palm trees growing at Al Muqarqar spring in the Wadi Kidyut. A man is standing underneath the trees.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party packing up their camels during their journey from Shib Waqtaat to Dahal well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Upper body portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Bedouin retainers outside Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. A smiling man wears a thobe (long shirt) and...

View of high rippled dunes in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in the region between Jaladah plain and the Bani Ma'arid sands. Small amounts of scattered vegetation grows amongst...

View of two Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's party loading a camel in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. In the foreground two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stand on either...

Portrait of Salim bin Tamtaim, sheikh of the Bayt Ghuwas lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin, resting on the ground during the party's journey from Shisr well to Mughshin Oasis. Salim...

View of the village of Thurayban. In the distance a village of square stone houses clusters around a small rise. In the far distance a high ridge of mountains rises...

Half length standing portrait of an Iranian porter on a boat in Dubai Creek. A middle-aged man with a stubbly beard stands facing forward. He wears a light coloured waistcoat...